John Pavlovitz (born June 1, 1969) is an American former youth pastor and author, known for his social and political writings from a liberal Christian perspective.
[6] Pavlovitz later worked for nearly a decade as youth pastor, in a program serving several hundred students[4] at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, a "megachurch"[4] in Charlotte, North Carolina, before being fired.
[7] Pavlovitz began a blog Stuff That Needs To Be Said in 2012,[8] and was fired from a Raleigh, North Carolina, church in 2013 in response to "provocative" articles he had posted.
[1] His blog has gained a large following[10] and media attention for articles he has written on the subjects of acceptance of homosexuality ("If I Have Gay Children", 2014),[1][11][9][2] attitudes about rape ("To Brock Turner's Father, from Another Father", 2016),[1][2][12][13] the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton ("Thank You, Hillary", 2016),[14] and the character of Donald Trump ("It's time we stopped calling Donald Trump a Christian", 2017).
[2][18][19] His second book Hope and Other Superpowers: A Life-Affirming, Love-Defending, Butt-Kicking, World-Saving Manifesto offers advice for individuals seeking to counter "the highly partisan cultural climate", and was published by Simon & Schuster in November 2018.